and up forth, another early voting state, jon huntsman will be in new hampshire and will go to independence day party in manchester. >> not a bad assignment to cover the godfather's visit. slice on the side. >> it might be. >> peter, thank you for the update. many of the 2012 republican candidates for president spend a lot of time going after president obama, really not so much the primary after each other. is that strategy going to pay off? joining us now to discuss our former senior council for the senate judicial committee, sherrylib. and former advisor to lee, penny. welcome. let's talk about the field now. we have a recent fox poll to give us a look at what the viewers and the potential voters think about where the candidates come down. we have romney at the top with 18%. followed by rick perry, someone not in the race, though he is thinking about it it. michele bachmann strong third now that she is officially in talk about rick perry. second in the poll and he is not officially in. >> a lot of the early polls, demonstrate the name recognition. that is what rick perry has. he is up wit